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Booth Questions
The purpose of this page is the organize and to record the questions asked by attendees at events.
Normal Questions
- What is Linux?
- Linux is a Free Open Source Operateing System for your computer.
- What is Fedora?
- Talk about our Four Foundations.
- How is it different from $Distro
- Talk about our Four Foundations. especially First
- What's new in Fedora X+1?
- Check our Talking Points or the complete Feature List
- When is Fedora X+1 going to be released?
- Check our Schedule page.
- What is Fedora's Market Focus? (Which groups of people do we target as our users)
- Fedora's User base
- How can I help?
- What are you passionate about? (continue from there)
Spin-Oriented Questions
- What is included in this Spin? (Games, FEL, Edu)
- See our Spins Page for more info!
- Can I make my own spin?
- Sure! Here's a tutorial: How to create and Use a Live CD
- Can I install those apps on an installed Fedora?
- Of course it is easy as yum grouplist & yum groupinstall "groupname"
- Of course it is easy as dnf group list & dnf group install "groupname"
Technical Questions
- Does Fedora have a PPC release?
- Yes, Fedora has a PPC release. Please see http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-all
- How do I install...? (MP3, Flash, Misc stuff)
- Flash
- Multimedia
- Mention Software Patents, and the problem they represent
- The Forbidden items and the Third party repositories include helpful information. This wiki can't give specific solutions that might represent or suggest contributory infringement.
- What is the difference between i386, i686, x86_64, PPC (And which one is right for me?)
- Ask for information about the kind of computer he has
- If all else fails, use i686.
- Where can I find more information about $TechnicalTopic
- Point to Fedora-specific resources, like the Mailing List, Fedora Forums, Fedora FAQ and Fedora Solved, as well as the Common Bugs
- I have installed the Nvidia drivers from Nvidia and they don't work what can i do?
- Point out that in F13 the FOSS Nvidia Drivers are greatly improved
- Point out How to Remove Nvidia
- If all else fails, point to Installing Nvidia, the proper way